Monday, February 11, 2008

I normally try to avoid the "me-me-me-me-me" memes, but this one looked interesting and thought-provoking so I decided to give it a whirl.

(And hey -- speaking of "whirl," is it just me, or does that picture look like a whirling, wandering eyeball?! Yeah, it's just me, isn't it?)

I tag the entire blogosphere. Hell, if we're gonna be egotistical and egocentric, let's at least do it together!

I know... that absolutely nothing is absolutely certain.I believe... in the inherent worth and dignity of every person. (Yes, I'm pretty much a UU...)I fought... the Vista (CA) school district when they wanted to teach creationism in public school science classes.I am... a good mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend.I love... my children, my husband, my parents, my brothers, and my extended family and my friends.I take... NO time at all to fall asleep.I need... to feel valued and appreciated.I hear... that those of us who paid University of California tuition in Spring 2003 overpaid and that we'll get a refund! This would be great for Elisabeth because she has to pay for grad school herself, so we'd pass it right to her.I drink... coffee. I'll drink it at home, at Starbuck's, and Peets, at Tully's and at that quaint coffee shop at Pioneer Square.I eat... too much.I hate... people who use the phrase "I hate" lightly.I use... two fingers to type. I'm working on using 10, but that method is still much slower than my lightening-fast two fingers!I want... to find the perfect job for my passions, experience and skills.I think... I've been a victim of age discrimination in the work place.I like... to have my back, forearms and scalp scratched. Not rubbed, but scratched.I feel... kind of dizzy and nauseas since my eye surgery last week. According to the doctor, some of that is the result of leftover anesthesia, but much of it is my brain trying to figure out what the hell happened in that operating room and protesting the whole thing in it's own brainy (pffffft!) way.I wear... a lot of fleece. Jackets, pants, vests, shirts, gloves, hats, even socks. What do you expect? I'm from Seattle! I left...Germany last September before I was ready to come home. I would have loved to have traveled more with both Tom and Elisabeth. Then I would have liked to have traveled with Aleks, Peter and Kat... and my friend Kristin and my brothers... and even alone. And I was ready to explore far beyond Germany, too. I do... unto others as I would have them do unto me. I hope... Barack Obama will be our next president. I dream... out loud sometimes. Sometimes I cry -- hysterically -- in my sleep. I must be deeply distoibed!I drive... like a typical Seattle-ite: always waving "thank you" when people let me in, never honking, and never driving aggressively. I hate it when people get pissed on the road. I listen... but probably not as well as I could. Sometimes I should work on talking less and listening more.I think...in a very different way than my husband and most of my kids. They're analytical; I'm creative. They like numbers; I like words; they think linearly, I think in curly-q's. Drives 'em nuts!I wish... I could have Mom back, just to check in with her now and then and let her know how life is going for the people she loved. I should... lose some weight and grow my fingernails. I regret... nothing. Even the painful times in my life have ultimately served a positive purpose. I said... "What happened to your BRAIN?" to a kid at summer camp who made a gross-out face and asked, "Ewwww -- what happened to your thumb ?" (I was born with two thumbs on my right hand, and although I only have one left, it's... well, it's special-looking.) It felt great, I'm sorry to say!I care... which means that all four of my kids in college next year will expect CARE packages!I wonder... who wrote the book of love.I changed... a lot since I was 20... and since I was 25. I don't think I've changed that much since I was 30, but I'm sure I have. I cry... when I'm really frustrated and don't feel acknowledged or when I feel belittled. I hardly ever cry in sappy movies. I lose... my reading lasses now that I no longer always have some pair of glasses on (one for reading and one for distance). I've been making fun of Tom for years because he's forever losing glasses, and just the other day I heard myself asking him if he'd seen my glasses. He just laughed. Hysterically. I deserved it. I leave... mental breadcrumbs so I can find my way back. I am... worth it.